National Socialism succeeded in Germany because it actually pretended to be a moderate political movement that rested as a 'third way' between Fascism and Communism, without the 'destabalizing forces and failed policies of liberalism'.
That NSDAP did pretend it was a "third way" and pretended to be a moderate faction. The German people (particularly the Prussians) had been ruled by Authoritarian regimes for hundreds of years, and had basically been living under what amounted to a military/imperial dictatorship for a good portion of their lives... but one that had repeatedly made early efforts to promote socialism. Hence why "state socialists" worked under Bismark and guided his decisions.
The Wiemar Republic was effectively a Fabian Socialist government that had nearly destroyed Germany, and then decided to reverse course on it's monetary policy and embrace economic liberalism in a literal desperate attempt to recover the economy. It was actually working fantastically, but this effectively represented an internal economic revolution against the government's policies, and it exposed the Germans with the harsh economic reality that the government couldn't just give them all these entitlement and social programs anymore. The technocratic majesty of pre-WW1 Germany had to die because it was killing Germany. However, no one in Germany wanted to believe that Socialism was the problem (to the extent that Socialists & Leftists declared that Fascist thinking had to be a mental illness, and was not the inevitable result of Socialism being applied in a practical manner).
The NSDAP promised both socialism, and beneficial racialism (what they called nationalism at the time), and a style of strong military-like leadership. This was effectively a 'centerist' platform from the German voters perspective at the time. And even then, they voted for Hindenburg anyway because the Germans still generally thought that Hitler seemed a bit nutty.
All that being said, Germany's economic recovery had already begun under the Weimar government, it just wasn't culturally what the Germans were expecting and economic freedom meant their old social program were, eh, kaput! The monetary system's failures hadn't been solved, and Hitler got the impression that the German economy was bound to collapse again if more liberalizing steps weren't taken... but this ran contrary to literally everything he believed and did. Instead, he basically vampirized the economy even harder, and decided to plunder the rest of Europe to keep and expand Nazi social programs (while inventing another fictitious fiat currency).
The NSDAP not only didn't improve the base of the economy, but their economic failure, combined with their socialist misunderstanding of economics, was the basis of the whole damned war. The dirty truth is, the media and their leftist allies would rather tell you that the Nazis saved Germany because it tacitly defends central economic planning, rather then admit that socialism doesn't work.
Classic Leftism: it is preferable to kill 55 million people than admit you were wrong.
National Socialism succeeded in Germany because it actually pretended to be a moderate political movement that rested as a 'third way' between Fascism and Communism, without the 'destabalizing forces and failed policies of liberalism'.
I don't disagree, sort of.
That NSDAP did pretend it was a "third way" and pretended to be a moderate faction. The German people (particularly the Prussians) had been ruled by Authoritarian regimes for hundreds of years, and had basically been living under what amounted to a military/imperial dictatorship for a good portion of their lives... but one that had repeatedly made early efforts to promote socialism. Hence why "state socialists" worked under Bismark and guided his decisions.
The Wiemar Republic was effectively a Fabian Socialist government that had nearly destroyed Germany, and then decided to reverse course on it's monetary policy and embrace economic liberalism in a literal desperate attempt to recover the economy. It was actually working fantastically, but this effectively represented an internal economic revolution against the government's policies, and it exposed the Germans with the harsh economic reality that the government couldn't just give them all these entitlement and social programs anymore. The technocratic majesty of pre-WW1 Germany had to die because it was killing Germany. However, no one in Germany wanted to believe that Socialism was the problem (to the extent that Socialists & Leftists declared that Fascist thinking had to be a mental illness, and was not the inevitable result of Socialism being applied in a practical manner).
The NSDAP promised both socialism, and beneficial racialism (what they called nationalism at the time), and a style of strong military-like leadership. This was effectively a 'centerist' platform from the German voters perspective at the time. And even then, they voted for Hindenburg anyway because the Germans still generally thought that Hitler seemed a bit nutty.
All that being said, Germany's economic recovery had already begun under the Weimar government, it just wasn't culturally what the Germans were expecting and economic freedom meant their old social program were, eh, kaput! The monetary system's failures hadn't been solved, and Hitler got the impression that the German economy was bound to collapse again if more liberalizing steps weren't taken... but this ran contrary to literally everything he believed and did. Instead, he basically vampirized the economy even harder, and decided to plunder the rest of Europe to keep and expand Nazi social programs (while inventing another fictitious fiat currency).
The NSDAP not only didn't improve the base of the economy, but their economic failure, combined with their socialist misunderstanding of economics, was the basis of the whole damned war. The dirty truth is, the media and their leftist allies would rather tell you that the Nazis saved Germany because it tacitly defends central economic planning, rather then admit that socialism doesn't work.
Classic Leftism: it is preferable to kill 55 million people than admit you were wrong.